To inspire true love, te aroha tūturu, is the theme of the latest single from Māori music group Mauri. Their song Whakatō te Kākano won the E Tū Whānau song competition in 2018. They recently received funding from Te Māngai Pāho for the new...
It isn’t quite singing for your supper. But the Whakatane RSA Karaoke Adjunct, in the spirit of RSA camaraderie and mindful of the havoc wreaked by Cyclone Gabrielle, have raised $5500 for the Gisborne RSA. Whakatane RSA executive member and...
“What are your plans for the Easter weekend?”
A heavy rain warning, code Orange, remains in place today for the Gisborne-East Coast region. Up to 7am this morning between 40 and 80mm had fallen over the region, with the heaviest falls in the Gisborne area. MetService says the district can...
The reinstatement of unvaccinated nurses, doctors, carers and non-clinical staff at Gisborne Hospital is a “starting point” for resolving severe staff shortages, Nurses for Freedom NZ says. An official information request in August 2022...
Tolaga Bay Wharf remains closed with no opening date in sight as the wait continues for further engineering inspections. The popular wharf has been closed since January because of severe weather in the region. Gisborne District Council operations...
Iwi leaders say decision ‘impacts cyclone recovery’. Gisborne District Council has withdrawn from Rau Tipu Rau Ora, disappointing three of the district’s four iwi leaders who believe the partnership group is best placed to manage the recovery...
Whānau displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle received a welcome boost this week as a number of transportable homes arrived in Te Karaka. Claude Ruru lives on the outskirts of the town — a section of the region where the Waipaoa River burst its banks and...
Monday’s stunt, where Yevgeny Prigozhin held a Russian flag in his hands and declared that his “Wagner” mercenary soldiers have finally conquered the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, probably marks the end of Russian winter offensive. It was just...
In response to the statement by “Justin Branberry” published in the Gisborne Herald that mentions Tāiki e: Tāiki e! operates a koha model where our whānau members give putea, time and expertise to supporting positive impact in our community...
I agree with Reg Hart (April 4 letter). Why the double standards? If I publicly accused males of any race of causing violence I would be labelled a racist, humiliated and no doubt be dragged through the courts. I’m not in any political party but...
I sympathise with those whose medication may be unavailable after the Therapeutic Products Bill passes. We are told that natural health products have unproven efficacy. This is a red herring, as individual circumstances differ. Many prescription...
Kiri Allan MP for East Coast A number of changes kicked in at the start of this month to lift incomes and to provide extra support to workers and families. These measures won’t fix everything but they will help to ease some pressure and I wanted...
Aotearoa New Zealand and our Parliament celebrated a remarkable political career yesterday as Jacinda Ardern gave her valedictory speech, signing off after 15 years in the House including just over five years as Prime Minister. We all know how...
Eastland Port had a busy March with the arrival of container shipping, the start of the kiwifruit season, loggers, a cruise ship and the Albatros dredge working in the bay. The CS Trust, a 162m-long reefer vessel, arrived in mid-March to pick up 650...
Ngāti Kahungunu’s fisheries business, Takitimu Seafoods Limited, has announced it will close its retail store, online store and wholesale business in Ahuriri, Napier, affecting 33 staff. Takitimu Seafoods Limited, which was established in 2019...
A man robbed a service station and committed a raft of other offences last year including one in which he threatened to “wipe out Lytton High School” after he stopped taking prescribed medication. Anthony James Robin’s longstanding, serious...
Time is running out for students wishing to enter the Gisborne RSA Anzac Day Dawn Service speech contest. Entries must be emailed to info@gisbornersa. co. nz, and haves to be in by 5pm on Monday. The contest is open to students aged between 12 years...
An orange warning has been issued for the Gisborne-East Coast district, as another sub-tropical low threatens to deliver more weather woes to the region. This morning MetService followed up an Easter Weekend advisory with an orange rain warning...
Connection, support and an effort to bring a little normality back into the lives of Wairoa’s cyclone-stricken rural community is the ethos behind the Backyard BBQ initiative. On the back of the successful Wairoa Rural Round Up evening, a series...
City firefighters were called to a gas leak at a house in Aberdeen Road and to a car fire on Back Ormond Road in the early hours of this morning. At 1am, they were called about the gas problem to an Aberdeen Road house under renovation near...
Abuse of Olympic Pools staff has been an increasing problem for Gisborne District Council. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swan, in her monthly report to the full council, said there had been an increase in abuse of staff over December. Police...
Two brothers accused of inflicting life-threatening injuries on a Mahia man — one of them charged with attempting to murder him — are to stand trial later this year. Ryan Reremoana William Ormond, 28, and Harland Freeman Sterling Ormond, 25...
Don't forget about Kaiti Beach. That is the message from Gisborne district councillor Larry Foster. He told fellow councillors, sitting as the full council, that “a great job” was being done of the clean-up of woody debris at Waikanae and Midway...
A “once-in-a-lifetime chance to dream big” is how one teacher described a school outing to Rocket Lab’s Mahia space port. Gisborne Intermediate teacher Barry Huhu said the pupils appreciated the Rocket Lab team sharing their time and knowledge...
The decision to pack up and head to the home of country music four years ago reached a career high point for former Gisborne performer Camille Te Nahu last week. Te Nahu, husband Stuie and son Sonny — The French Family Band — performed at the...
Home detention sentence, ordered to repay $62,000 A woman who defrauded the Government’s Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme by claiming funds for employees she didn’t have has been ordered to repay $62,000. Shannelle Jan Oraina Hohipa-Kahuroa, 32...
Congratulations to The Gisborne Herald for cutting through the “red tape” to reveal just how bad the staffing shortfall is at Gisborne Hospital and how intolerable the working conditions are there for nurses, and doctors. My commiserations to...
I first sent in letters on 27/1 and 3/2 regarding the state of roading in the region which resulted in a front-page article over the weekend of 11/2. I wanted to flag the council roading department’s failure to operate effective quality controls...
As a libertarian, I oppose laws and philosophies that limit the sovereignty of the individual and groups of individuals to live their best life. As an iconoclast like Jesus in the temple, I have absolutely no issue tearing down and overturning the...
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan courtroom to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records arising from a hush-money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former president in US history to face...
Gisborne firefighters had been called out nine times in the 24 hours to 9am this morning. The calls included to a small fire in a work shed at the Patutahi Quarry on Tiniroto Road. That call came in at 7.55am yesterday. “Quarry workers raised the...
Hangaroa and Tiniroto residents will be reconnected from tomorrow with the re-opening of Tiniroto Road at the Hangaroa Bluffs (34-41km), closed since Cyclone Gabrielle. It will be open at the Bluffs to light vehicles only, and only between 6am and...
Gisborne Hospital has received $29,500 from the Gisborne Host Lions Club to help people with an eye condition called keratoconus regain vision. “Teenagers are most likely to suffer from keratoconus and experience blurred vision, light sensitivity...